Archive for June, 2010

June 30th, 2010

Weekly Twitter Re-cap

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  1. Arizona Solar Bill Drama Creates More Questions Than Answers http://tinyurl.com/yd5ppua about 23 hours ago

  2. House members seek to block EPA carbon limits: http://bit.ly/cynVOV

  3. Great photo spread from @nytimes on #wind: http://nyti.ms/9UvaAy http://bit.ly/bvfdwK

  4. @solarfeeds: Tips for Selecting A Solar Installer http://ow.ly/16FFeI
  5. Still can’t believe that snow stuff. Look our doorway this morning. All accumulated over night. http://tweetphoto.com/12607582

  6. Interesting- gates on energy http://ow.ly/1oUGfk

  7. CA net metering expansion becomes law today 12:14 PM Feb 26th

  8. Snow? Anybody? Tough times for solar panels http://tweetphoto.com/12570151

  9. Who ordered snow? There is some in front of mt door.

  10. AWEA: Fact sheet: #Wind energy and U.S. energy subsidies: http://bit.ly/9TFaKU
  11. #ilikedyouuntil you showed you don’t understand renewables and never want to try
  12. Trying to cancel a flight that actually took place. People say jet blue lied to passengers. Airport wasn’t closed.Even if- what bout houston
  13. So what is happening at jet blue that they decided to rather fly back from Tennessee than going to Houston?

  14. Ever been on a plane that turned around after half the flight due to lack of defrosting at destination?

  15. Most states will soon offer Energy Star appliance rebates: Three dozen states will begin offering federal rebates … http://bit.ly/auiV5B
  16. Bloom energy big buzz got4friendsemails, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/18/60minutes/main6221135.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody
  17. @solarthermalmag have you heard of our solar thermal roadmap in New York yet? http://renewables-usa.blogspot.com/search?q=solar+thermal
  18. going to texas: http://renewables-usa.blogspot.com/2010/02/wind-check-in-texas.html

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June 29th, 2010

METRO Helps NY

Recently, I told you about how New York loves biodiesel, using the green fuel to run many of the city’s parks and recreation department vehicles and heat the agency’s buildings. One company that’s helping parks and rec keep their buildings warm with biodiesel is Brooklyn-based METRO Fuel Oil Corp.

“Our initiative is to help New York become a cleaner, greener city,” says Jason Abrams, a marketing communications specialist with METRO. He says besides the city’s parks and rec department, they provide the biofuels, biodiesel and bioheat in fleets, buildings and homes.

Abrams points out that diesel fuel burners don’t need any kind of conversion to run biodiesel. In fact, it can even help a motor or boiler run better, and of course, cleaner … even to the point of actually cleaning a burner.

“I remember one [superintendent] I was talking to telling me that he could actually see the metal, where before he was using such dirty oil, he could just see the black of crude oil.”

METRO has been around since 1942, using petroleum to replace the even dirtier fuel, coal. He sees the company continuing the tradition of finding a better, cleaner burning fuel by now distributing biodiesel. Right now, they get that biodiesel through a pipeline from the Midwest. But soon, they’ll have their own refinery scheduled to open in 2011 that will use a variety of feedstocks, including soy oil, canola oil and even waste grease. And even the grease collection will be something that gives back to the community. They’ve teamed up with The Doe Fund, Inc., operator of New York City’s largest socially-conscious collector of used cooking oil, to get waste grease picked up and delivered to METRO’s soon-to-be-completed refinery.

“[Doe] employs formerly homeless people to pick up the grease from restaurants across the city,” giving needed jobs to those who desperately need them.

Abrams says when they go to trade shows they give out green apples to reinforce their message of “Greening the Big Apple.”

Listen to more of my conversation with Jason in the player below.

Jason Abrams METRO interview

Domestic Fuel

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